词典释义：
【植】 花。
a brightly coloured and conspicuous example of such a part of a plant together with its stalk, typically used with others as a decoration or gift
（作装饰或礼物用的带枝干的）花。
[mass noun]the state or period in which a plant's flowers have developed and opened
开花（期）
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the roses were just coming into flower .玫瑰刚开始开花。
〈英，非正式〉 姑娘（尤用于友好地称呼女孩或年轻妇女）
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course you have, flower. ’ “当然你有，姑娘。
(of a plant)produce flowers; bloom
（植物）开花
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Michaelmas daisies can flower as late as October. 紫菀甚至迟至１０月也能开花。
〈喻〉 成熟；盛行，繁荣兴旺
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she flowered into as striking a beauty as her mother 她长成跟她妈妈一样的美人
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[as noun
flowering ]the flowering of Viennese intellectual life. 维也纳学术生活的繁荣兴盛。
[with obj.]induce (a plant) to produce flowers
使（植物）开花。
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the flower of the finest individuals out of a number of people or things 精英，优秀分子；精华，最好的部分he wasted the flower of French youth on his dreams of empire. 为实现帝国之梦，他糟蹋了法国的青年精英
"Middle English
